none really although I appreciate the poetic aspects of islam
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What religion is most appealing to you?
I'd really like this thread to be deleted....or at least unpinned.
Last edited by Jack; 19th March 2011 at 17:34.
none really although I appreciate the poetic aspects of islam
Scientology, obviously... if I'm going to pick an oppressive, absurd, unjustified belief system, I'm going with the wackiest one there is.
- August
If we have no business with the construction of the future or with organizing it for all time, there can still be no doubt about the task confronting us at present: the ruthless criticism of the existing order, ruthless in that it will shrink neither from its own discoveries, nor from conflict with the powers that be.
- Karl Marx
nusrat fateh ali khan - beautiful - sufism though
Greco-Roman Paganism or polytheistic Hinduism. The idea of gods being powerful yet still fallible beings with their own backstories is more dramatically appealing. The idea of demigods and a veritable zoo of intelligent non-human races with their own agendas also seems to make more sense on a gut level.
Mind you, if the Cthulhu Mythos were a real religion (or super-group of religions), that would be my choice, since there's no logical reason to believe that gods or god-like beings, Earthly or otherwise, would necessarily have benign intentions towards humanity. Considering the vast size of the universe, the vast majority of such beings are likely to be physically, psychologically, and just generally indescribable in the extreme.
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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker - Mikhail Bakunin
Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains - Karl Marx
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value - R. Buckminster Fuller
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Agreed.
Because 75 million years ago Xenu brought billions of people to Earth in spacecraft resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners, stacked them around volcanoes and detonated hydrogen bombs in the volcanoes. The thetans then clustered together, stuck to the bodies of the living, and continue to do this today. Scientologists at advanced levels place considerable emphasis on isolating thetans and neutralizing their ill effects.
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I don't believe in religion but I believe in Great Spirit, thats the term most Native Americans use so what am I?
Make them a mod, then strip them of modship, then ban them!
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I voted neo-pagan because you can make up whatever the fuck you want, pinch ideas from other religions and no one can challenge this as 'heretical' or the religious equivalent. Also because you can develop an air of mystique which a surprising number of people find attractive - if I'm not going to use my brain to form beliefs about the world around me I may as well use my penis.
Sciences & Environment rocks my bedroom.
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"Frankly if we have a revolution and you stop me eating meat, I'm going to eat you."- The inimitable Skinz.
Be careful, lest the time comes where we have to weigh you against a duck.
I believe in a Buddhist type religion with the meaning of life is to reach ascension( a higher plan of existence)
Voted for Islam. If FOX says it's bad then it must be good.
Greco-Roman pagan religions for sure, I like the idea of the Gods being seperate and vulnerable beings much like us, who must colaberate with eachother to gain anything. Although I also love the idea of shinto, with the Kami being a spiritual essence about us that influences us instead of being an all powerfull man in the sky, dictating us. Sort of a mix between those two idea is what I beleive in. I am still a religious person, although not a memeber of any official religion. My beleifs are my own.
I realy cant decide. Religions have always been used as weapons of opression and War. Christainty,Islam, and Judasim have done this the most. but even though I hate to say it...Christainty best appeals me. I have alot of regret saying this also.
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
“Congratulating Stalin is not a formality. Congratulating Stalin means supporting him and his cause, supporting the victory of socialism, and the way forward for mankind which he points out, it means supporting a dear friend. For the great majority of mankind today are suffering, and mankind can free itself from suffering only by the road pointed out by Stalin and with his help.” – Mao Tse Tung
Probably cos they love their meat and potatoes too much
this post was produced on stolen land.
to your tourist mentality, we're still the natives
you're multicultural - but we're anti-racist!
your heart is a muscle the size of your fist.
keep loving. keep fighting.
I used to be a soft-core hippieish Buddhist, humorously before I became a Stalinist. It is an interesting ideology which has some morals I can appreciate.
However, I sympathize with the followers of Islam the most.
I see no Discordianism or Church of the SubGenius on that list.
My Political Compass:
Economic Left/Right: -9.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.72
Why would you do that? What does "converting" actually provide you that you can't a) do on your own, b) do without, or c) do with other people?
And furthermore, why would you even need to "convert" in the first place? Does that not demonstrate some fundamental issue in your life which you are unable to fulfill on your own and so you need some other people to tell you some stories to make you feel better?
Really?
- August
If we have no business with the construction of the future or with organizing it for all time, there can still be no doubt about the task confronting us at present: the ruthless criticism of the existing order, ruthless in that it will shrink neither from its own discoveries, nor from conflict with the powers that be.
- Karl Marx
I don't find any religion appealing.
Then you are good.
“Congratulating Stalin is not a formality. Congratulating Stalin means supporting him and his cause, supporting the victory of socialism, and the way forward for mankind which he points out, it means supporting a dear friend. For the great majority of mankind today are suffering, and mankind can free itself from suffering only by the road pointed out by Stalin and with his help.” – Mao Tse Tung
The one that encourages sex, drugs, and good music and requires no moral living and rewards you infinitely in the afterlife.
"We are now becoming a mass party all at once, changing abruptly to an open organisation, and it is inevitable that we shall be joined by many who are inconsistent (from the Marxist standpoint), perhaps we shall be joined even by some Christian elements, and even by some mystics. We have sound stomachs and we are rock-like Marxists. We shall digest those inconsistent elements. Freedom of thought and freedom of criticism within the Party will never make us forget about the freedom of organising people into those voluntary associations known as parties."
--Lenin
Socialist Party (Debs Tendency)
Yeah, NFAK is awesome.
I don't really find any sort of religiosity appealing but from this list taoism is probably the closest relative of mine, philosophically speaking.
